Heartwarming Wines ~ I’m Going for The Reds ~ Part 1
I’ve written about winter white wines, in Winter Wonderland Whites: Think Wine, Regionality, Food, and Umani Ronchi Vellodoro Pecorino. I also want to pay homage to winter reds as Heartwarming Wines, because they just are. National Heart Month is February, as you probably remember. Focusing on reds now, most especially, is very evocative for anything […]
Living in the Land of Roses
May, the glorious month, when we know winter is truly behind us. Spring has sprung, and in a Mediterranean climate ~ where I’m living ~ so are the roses. They surround our homes, all colors, all styles, the visual flavors of the season. I just photographed this lovely Talisman, singular rose. Last year, just as […]
Thanksgiving Wines Came Early To My Home
[PHOTO: Purchased] Company samples are listed with each wine. PREFACE HEART ~ THE WINERY: This information came from the wineries’ notes. SCIENCE ~ WINEMAKING ~ From the winery. SOUL ~ Jo’s Musings The early bird arrived with all of these samples. Each one holds an important special memory, a unique time and place, flavors of wine […]
When a Winemaker Writes Poetic Literature ~ Carpe Noctem
[PHOTO: from Eric Eide, Diaz Communications wine client] As a wine publicist, there are many times when writing technical data introductions are required. Winemakers, after all, have little time to be crafting their own messages. In some instances, however, someone who uses his or her right brain (creative side) is as natural as using her […]
The Vineyard Economic Symposium ~ Half a Day’s Worth and I Was Running to My Computer
This is a wine blog, not a trade magazine, so my take of Wine Business Monthly’s ~ Vineyard Economic Symposium ~ is really that of being a fly on the wall, not to get the best investment strategy. The room was full of economists, not my average American wine clients or audience. I had to really shift my thinking […]
The Bird ~ Since 1994, The Ultimate Thanksgiving from Bon Appétit Paired with some favorite wines
DISCLAIMER: Wine-Blog is a journal of my PR wine activities and learnings. 1) I occasionally write stories about wine clients, but don’t charge them for that time. 2) All wine reviews originate from free samples, sent by PR people representing the brands. 3) Images are mostly mine, some are purchased, a few rare ones are […]
Wine of the Week ~ Sokol Blosser of Dayton Oregon
On one of our trips to Oregon, to visit with the Oak Knoll Winery Boys (Greg Lint and Jeff Herinckx), Jose and I were taken to Sokol Blosser Winery, to see what it’s like. We got there just at closing, so we didn’t get to taste. But the winery… Oh, so lovely to see, as […]
Oregon Pinot Gris ~ Oregon’s Second Largest Grape Crop
Keynote Speaker Paul Gregutt of Wine Enthusiast magazine said, “Stop with the Alsace and Italy comparisons. It’s time to talk Oregon!”
There’s something so visceral about a new client ~ Aberrant Cellars
Aberrant Cellars, a Willamette Valley wine producer… Hello Pinot Noir and Pursuing the Profound ab·er·rant ˈabərənt,əˈberənt/ adjective: aberrant departing from an accepted standard. Biology diverging from the normal type. This was the birth of Aberrant Cellars… This is brand is a combination of old world, new world, and some modern attitude. From his Website: Introducing: […]
Jackson Family of Wines, Go Get ’em in Oregon!
When word spread in Oregon that the Jackson Family was moving in the entire state of wine was abuzz “What’s it all about,” they whispered? I thought, “Well, this is going to shake things up a bit.” [Image is a Stonestreet cat, one of the wine companies that is now in the Jackson Family portfolio.] […]
